novi 1.1.4

novi is a tool for finding the latest-version RPMs in a tree. novi project can be used to create Kickstart trees or yum repositories that contain the updated RPMS.
In the case of Kickstart, this means machines come to life with the updates already applied. Using novi for a yum repository trims the size of the repodata files, which reduces client download and processing time.
TO BUILD:
This is vague (for now), please bear with me.
Novi uses the RPM libraries, which means building Novi requires the full suite of RPM developments prereq packages. That includes:
librpm-4.3.so => /usr/lib/librpm-4.3.so (0x00acc000)
librpmdb-4.3.so => /usr/lib/librpmdb-4.3.so (0x00f0b000)
libelf.so.1 => /usr/lib/libelf.so.1 (0x00959000)
librpmio-4.3.so => /usr/lib/librpmio-4.3.so (0x00cdc000)
libbeecrypt.so.6 => /usr/lib/libbeecrypt.so.6 (0x00350000)
libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x0013d000)
librt.so.1 => /lib/tls/librt.so.1 (0x00c0d000)
libpthread.so.0 => /lib/tls/libpthread.so.0 (0x00ab3000)
libz.so.1 => /usr/lib/libz.so.1 (0x00311000)
libbz2.so.1 => /usr/lib/libbz2.so.1 (0x00111000)
libpopt.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpopt.so.0 (0x002f6000)
libselinux.so.1 => /lib/libselinux.so.1 (0x00122000)
libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6 (0x0053c000)
libm.so.6 => /lib/tls/libm.so.6 (0x00141000)
libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x00130000)
libc.so.6 => /lib/tls/libc.so.6 (0x0065f000)
/lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x00e14000)
Note that this is a bit of libtool foolishness -- it cant find its special ".la" libraries for some of these (on my system, libbeecrypt) so it complains. Building without libtool doesnt have these headaches, as the standard linker knows when to leave certain dependencies till runtime...
Enhancements:
- novi now uses an RPMs "epoch" tag to help determine which is the newest release of a given product.
- This oversight caused problems with updated packages that were released with newer epochs but older versions (notably, pilot-link in FC5).